09/03/2014

Hallyu star probed for offshore tax evasion

South Korea's tax agency is looking into allegations that actor-singer Jang Keun-suk, who is popular throughout Asia, evaded paying taxes on income he earned in China

08/29/2014

Wickenby identifies $2b in tax liabilities

is review of the tax agency’s high-wealth individuals program found that between 2011-12 and 2012-13 the super rich had clawed back more than half (52 per cent or $477 million) of the $909 million the tax office disputed.

08/28/2014

A Swiss fantasy

Perhaps one of the worst attributes of modern Pakistani political discourse is virtually an absolute lack of a sense of proportion and a cavalier attitude towards accuracy and plausibility of numbers.

08/22/2014

Things have changed on mainland says Grant Thornton boss

The global parent “expelled” Grant Thornton from Hong Kong in 2010. About 400 people – out of a Hong Kong staff of 450, including three quarters of the partners – went to the rival BDO, jumping just before the expulsion took effect

08/18/2014

Tax Office freezes assets of Perth investor

THE Australian Taxation Office has frozen the bank accounts of an Australian investor and a $9.5 million share portfolio inclu­ding stakes in blue-chip stocks Wesfarmers and Coca-Cola Amatil in a clamp down believed to be a part of Project Wickenby.